How to prepare a strategic flood risk assessment
Publication Year
2026
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Details the information that local planning authorities need to include in a strategic flood risk assessment.
Document History
Last updated: 28 May 2026 - Updated the 'Mapped flood risk from all sources' and 'Expected effects of climate change' sections. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-prepare-a-strategic-flood-risk-assessment and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 1 July 2013.
Publisher Information
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency is responsible for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. They publish a range of technical guidance, reports, policies and research material to promote a cleaner and healthier place to live in.
